Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Celastrales > Parnassiaceae > Parnassia > Parnassia fimbriataParnassia fimbriata (fringed grass-of-Parnassus; Rocky Mountain parnassia; fringed grass of Parnassus)Parnassia fimbriata is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae known by the common name fringed grass of Parnassus. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to the southern Rocky Mountains, where it is a plant of alpine and subalpine environments. The single flower has five small jagged sepals behind five veined, fringed white petals each roughly a centimeter long. At the center of the flower are five stamens and five staminodes with edges of many narrow, round-tipped lobes. |
Bloom Period [1] | Mid Summer | Drought Tolerance [1] | None | Fire Tolerance [1] | Medium | Frost Free Days [1] | 4 months | Fruit/Seed Abundance [1] | Low | Fruit/Seed Begin [1] | Summer | Fruit/Seed End [1] | Fall | Growth Form [1] | Rhizomatous | Growth Period [1] | Summer | Growth Rate [1] | Moderate | Leaf Type [1] | Deciduous | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | Propagation [1] | Seed | Regrowth Rate [1] | Slow | Root Depth [1] | 8 inches (20 cm) | Seed Spread Rate [1] | Slow | Seed Vigor [1] | Low | Seeds Per [1] | 699999 / lb (1543234 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [1] | Semi-Erect | Structure [2] | Herb | Vegetative Spread Rate [1] | Slow | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Flower Color [1] | White | Foliage Color [1] | Green | Fruit Color [1] | Brown | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Flower Conspicuous [1] | Yes | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Height [1] | 16 inches (0.4 m) | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°) | Light Preference [1] | Mixed Sun/Shade | Soil Acidity [1] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [1] | Intermediate | Water Use [1] | High | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Screening - Summer [1] | Porous | Screening - Winter [1] | Porous |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Banff National Park |
II |
1690912 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Fraser Biosphere Reserve |
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23050 |
Colorado, United States |
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
591068 |
Alaska, United States |
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Glacier National Park |
II |
953799 |
Montana, United States |
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve |
II |
366714 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Jasper National Park |
II |
2776809 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve |
II |
5463436 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Kootenay National Park |
II |
341762 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Mount Revelstoke National Park |
Ia |
18 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Nahanni National Park Reserve |
II |
1309627 |
Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
239938 |
Colorado, United States |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Yoho National Park |
II |
317576 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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